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Be it known that I, OHaRLES B. WHITE, of Candor, in the county of Tioga, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Machines f and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of Vthis specification, and to the letters ofl reference marked thereon, like letters indicatingflike parts wherever they occur. Y

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed. to describe it.

My invention consists in a novel constructionof a mach-ine for washing clothes.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section; and i y Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line a: :c of fig. 1.

I construct an oblong box, A', and locate therein a. series of rollers c, jonrnalled at their ends in curved bars H, the bars H being pivoted at one'end to thev sides of the box A, as represented by toi` g. 1. The opposite end' of the series of rollers is supported by a couple'oi` Adat `curved springs p, thel springs being secured at one end to the bottom of the box A, as shown in fig. 1. To the sides of the box a. couple of vertical posts, B, are attached, united by across-bar, C, at the top. Within this frame is suspended a similar frame, consisting of the uprights cl and a cross-bar, h, and to the bottom of this innert-rame is attached a rubber-block, m, having its under face corrugated or grooved, as shown Ain iig. 1. Along the inside of each of the uprights B a groove is formed, in which are placed rods b, which extend to the top of the frame, where they are connected to the ends 4of a flat spring, a, secured at its centre to the cross-bar C, as shown in fig. 1. These rods b extend below the box A, and are there connected to a cross-bar, O, upon which rests a treadle, T, having one end pivoted to the legs of the machine, and its opposite end extending out at the opposite end of the machine, as represented in g. 1. At each end of the cross-bar 7L is a projecting pin or bolt, e, which fits into holes in the rods b, by which means the rubber m and its frame are supported on the rods b, which, as already explained, are held up by the springe. .A horizontal lever or handle, E, is attachedrigidly to the cross-bar L, by4 which the rubber nt is worked back and forth, the pins e serving :is-journals, on which it osoillates to and fro. A loop or hook, u, is attached tothe handle and arranged to hook over a pin or staple or the cross-bar C, for holding the rubber block andits frame up Vout of the way when putting in or taking out clothes. It will thusA be seen thatby pressing outhe treadleT anydesired amount Yof pressure may be brought upon the clothes placed between the rubber m and the rollers c, and that lthelatter are permitted to yield at one end of the bars H by the springs p, while the opposite end is held in position by the journals t. By this method of constructing and arranging the parts of the machine I am enabledto produce a machine that can be so adjusted as to wash with eiciency and without injury the lightest fabrics and the heaviest articles.

Having thus described my invention, what'I claim; is-

1. The series of rollers c mounted' in the frame H, pvoted at onev end, and having its' opposite end supported by the springs?, substantially as described..

2. The rubber-block m mounted in a suitable frame, and suspended on the rods b, attached to the spring a above, and connected to the treadle or lever T below, substantially as shown and described. l

CHARLES B. WHITE.

Witnesses:

JAMES B. CARYL, J oHN REGAN. 

